The Wahpeton times., 1887-05-12
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS,

Orders have been issued by the war
department to Col. R. /. Dodge, COM
mander at Fort sully, to give Indian
Agent Anderson all the assistance nee.
essary to eject all settlers and other
intruders off the reservation and keen,
them off.
A man named H. Williams, about
80 years old, we'll dressed and having
a fine gold watch and chain on his
person. was fonnd dead in the woods.
on the Minnesota side about two miles
from St. Paul. The suicide had evi.
IDENTIFY gone there to commit the act.
Geo. S. Bidwell, one of the pioneers
of Mitchell, ana for several years a
prominent land attorney, was found
in dying condition alone in his house
on q claim few miles southwest of
Mitchell.
Sioux Falls Special: The represent
atives OF the insurance companies OF
Dakota, who held a meeting here,
took concerted action to Offset
the combination of ninety-six out
side companies to freeze out the home
companies. Action was also taken
in relation to the new law regarding
cancellations, rates, commissions, etc.
The compositors on the papers at
Aberdeen have formed the Aberdeen
Typographical union. Officers have
been elected and charter sent for.
Iron on the Salem line has been laid
to within a few miles of Mitchell.
Work on the Bismarck and North.
western is already begun, and the con.
tract for the construction of 11G
miles additional, or from Aberdeen to
Napoleon, Logan county, has been let
to Langdon & Co., Minneapolis.
Seven Sioux Indians were taken
to Pierre and lodged in the coun,
ty Jail for pillaging settlers prop.
erty on the Winnebago reservation.
Plans for the new building connect.
ing with the Agricultural college at
Brookings have been accepted, and
have been taken to Huron for the gov.
ernor's approval. The basement will
consist OF shops. The first floor will
be used as chapel and reception
room with a seating capacity OF 500
and the upper stores will be used as
dormitory. President McI4outh and
family have arrived from Michigan.
At Gary, Ryerson Bros. OF Spencer,
Iowa, purchased over three hundred
head of cattle, paying little over ss,'
600. The herd will be driven to Spencer
across the country.
Jesse Fitch, foreman OF the Nlilwau.
kee yards at Mitchell, was arrested,
charged with stealing 5000 from the
safe Of the ticket office. He admitted
his guilt and went to Jail.
Lee Nun, the Chinese laundryman
of Grafton, died from the effects OF too
much opium.
The site of the jamestown college
building was located on bluff north
of the city, on ground donated for
that purpose. A $4,000 building
will be erected this summer. The di.
mensions of the building will be
lOOx44, three stories and basement,
to be of brick with stone trimmings.
The main structure will contain a
chapel with a seating capacity OF 800,
a dormitory accommodating forty
and suitable recitation rooms.
A. Don,h;,o +ho eo,, of yxy;,1:., n.
guson had his neck broken by falling
from wagon.
In the district court at Grafton
in the case of w. G. Mitchell, OF the
Forest River Journal, for libel, the ju.
ry disagreed. Fromstadt, sentenced
to S1OO fine and thirty days in the
county Jail Cor assault and battery;
George Denton, fifteen months in the
penitentiary at Bismarck for embez.
Element.
A grain elevator, owned by L. D.
Petit at Rapid city, burned down.
Loss. $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
In the territorial court at Yankton
r. NJ. Shumway was convicted of at.
tempting the life of George Rudd.
Rudd and Shumway were rivals fo1
the affections of young lady, and
while the former was visiting at her
home, Shumway shot at him through
the window, infiicting a slight scalp
wound. The woman in the case testi.
fled against the prisoner, and it is
principally upon her evidence that he
was convicted.
1t is reported that ex-Gov. Pierce
has declined the Presidency OF the
University at Grand Forks.
Building operations at the insane
asylum at jamestown will begin early
in May. The plans include two full
ward buildings, which will make four
when completed, a large engine room
and coal house, a Kitchen and an
amusement hall and chapel to cost
$4,000. Construction to the amount
of S153, 600 will engage the attention
OF the trustees this season.
In response to numerous requests,
Attorney General Templeton has writ.
ten an opinion on sheriffs' fees on fore.
closure of mortgages, which will be
published in the Argus. It covers
every phase of the question, and is OF
great interest to the territory. He
takes the ground that the sheriff can.
not collect fees for taking acknowledg.